Ubuntu phone

Posted by toonies555 on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @06:01AM
from the self-post dept.

I've placed an order for an ubuntu phone. An Aquaris e5. I dont even have it yet and im feeling a bit of buyer's remorse. Mainly because there is no Whatsapp or Uber client for it. I can't find working ports either.

Do you know of work around? can you dual boot it to cyanogen?

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Re:Ubuntu phone by lcnmrn on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @06:20AM (#11627340)

You can try https://sublevel.net on it as well as other web based apps.

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Re:Ubuntu phone by mtmail on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @06:17AM (#11627334)

Have you tried the Uber mobile website http://m.uber.com ?

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Re:Ubuntu phone by alfredvh on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @07:34AM (#11627601)

Can't you send it back within 15 days if you don't like it?

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Re:Ubuntu phone by stephenr on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @07:50AM (#11627666)

TIL people have very different priorities to me when it comes to buying a smartphone.

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Re:Ubuntu phone by jotux on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:44PM (#11630639)

Today is the day you learned other people have different priorities than you?

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Re:Ubuntu phone by miguelrochefort on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @09:46AM (#11628270)

Can you explain what you mean by that?

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Re:Ubuntu phone by stephenr on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @12:19PM (#11629411)

Having second thoughts about a smartphone platform because a specific taxi app and a specific IM app aren't available on it seems a little ridiculous to me, coming from someone who has been reading HackerNews for at least a year.

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Re:Ubuntu phone by miguelrochefort on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @08:41PM (#11633134)

I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of people choose a platform based on these very criteria.

What makes you choose a platform over an other?

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